The examples show 2D quadrilateral meshes for easier illustration. The same concepts are applied to 3D meshes.
Example 1
Figure 1: Quadrilateral Mesh illustrates a simple quadrilateral mesh with no periodic boundaries or hanging nodes.
The following describes this mesh:
(0 "Grid:") (0 "Dimensions:") (2 2) (12 (0 1 3 0)) (13 (0 1 a 0)) (10 (0 1 8 0 2)) (12 (7 1 3 1 3)) (13 (2 1 2 2 2)( 1 2 1 2 3 4 2 3)) (13 (3 3 5 3 2)( 5 1 1 0 1 3 2 0 3 6 3 0)) (13 (4 6 8 3 2)( 7 4 3 0 4 2 2 0 2 8 1 0)) (13 (5 9 9 a 2)( 8 5 1 0)) (13 (6 a a 24 2)( 6 7 3 0)) (10 (1 1 8 1 2) ( 1.00000000e+00 0.00000000e+00 1.00000000e+00 1.00000000e+00 2.00000000e+00 0.00000000e+00 2.00000000e+00 1.00000000e+00 0.00000000e+00 0.00000000e+00 3.00000000e+00 0.00000000e+00 3.00000000e+00 1.00000000e+00 0.00000000e+00 1.00000000e+00))
Example 2
Figure 2: Quadrilateral Mesh with Periodic Boundaries illustrates a simple quadrilateral mesh with periodic boundaries
but no hanging nodes. In this example, bf9
and bf10
are faces on the periodic zones.
The following describes this mesh:
(0 "Dimensions:") (2 2) (0 "Grid:") (12 (0 1 3 0)) (13 (0 1 a 0)) (10 (0 1 8 0 2)) (12 (7 1 3 1 3)) (13 (2 1 2 2 2)( 1 2 1 2 3 4 2 3)) (13 (3 3 5 3 2)( 5 1 1 0 1 3 2 0 3 6 3 0)) (13 (4 6 8 3 2)( 7 4 3 0 4 2 2 0 2 8 1 0)) (13 (5 9 9 c 2)( 8 5 1 0)) (13 (1 a a 8 2)( 6 7 3 0)) (18 (1 1 5 1)( 9 a)) (10 (1 1 8 1 2)( 1.00000000e+00 0.00000000e+00 1.00000000e+00 1.00000000e+00 2.00000000e+00 0.00000000e+00 2.00000000e+00 1.00000000e+00 0.00000000e+00 0.00000000e+00 3.00000000e+00 0.00000000e+00 3.00000000e+00 1.00000000e+00 0.00000000e+00 1.00000000e+00))
Example 3
Figure 3: Quadrilateral Mesh with Hanging Nodes illustrates a simple quadrilateral mesh with hanging nodes.
The following describes this mesh:
(0 "Grid:") (0 "Dimensions:") (2 2) (12 (0 1 7 0)) (13 (0 1 16 0)) (10 (0 1 d 0 2)) (12 (7 1 6 1 3)) (12 (1 7 7 20 3)) (58 (7 7 1 7)( 4 6 5 4 3)) (13 (2 1 7 2 2)( 1 2 6 3 1 3 3 4 1 4 4 5 1 5 5 6 6 7 1 2 5 8 2 6 9 5 2 5)) (13 (3 8 b 3 2)( a 6 1 0 6 9 2 0 4 b 4 0 9 4 5 0)) (13 (4 c f 3 2)( 2 8 6 0 c 2 3 0 8 7 2 0 7 d 1 0)) (13 (5 10 10 a 2)( d a 1 0)) (13 (6 11 12 24 2)( 3 c 3 0 b 3 4 0)) (13 (b 13 13 1f 2)( c 8 7 0)) (13 (a 14 14 1f 2)( b c 7 0)) (13 (9 15 15 1f 2)( 9 b 7 0)) (13 (8 16 16 1f 2)( 9 8 2 7)) (59 (13 13 b 4)( 2 d c)) (59 (14 14 a 6)( 2 12 11)) (59 (15 15 9 3)( 2 b a)) (59 (16 16 8 2)( 2 7 6)) (10 (1 1 d 1 2) ( 2.50000000e+00 5.00000000e-01 2.50000000e+00 1.00000000e+00 3.00000000e+00 5.00000000e-01 2.50000000e+00 0.00000000e+00 2.00000000e+00 5.00000000e-01 1.00000000e+00 0.00000000e+00 1.00000000e+00 1.00000000e+00 2.00000000e+00 1.00000000e+00 2.00000000e+00 0.00000000e+00 0.00000000e+00 0.00000000e+00 3.00000000e+00 0.00000000e+00 3.00000000e+00 1.00000000e+00 0.00000000e+00 1.00000000e+00))